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Deborah Lee James: “It takes two to tango, and we can have all the urgency in the world, but we cannot give away the farm if the negotiation…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2016
It takes two to tango, and we can have all the urgency in the world, but we cannot give away the farm if the negotiation does not go well.
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Deborah Lee James

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James discusses the balance between urgency and negotiation in funding.

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